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Chapter 130: A wealth of knowledge points (Please subscribe)

After Fang Ziye left Associate Professor Hong Zili's group meeting, Qian Qiaofeng followed him and said, "Xiao Fang, this is some of our group's current research projects and their progress."

“My master thinks highly of you, so he asked me to give you some of these materials first.”

"Huh? Senior brother." Fang Ziye was stunned on the spot.

“Brother, do you like looking at pictures?” Qian Qiaofeng said.

Geniuses have quirks. Qian Qiaofeng told Hong Zili about this quirk, and Hong Zili handed these things to Fang Ziye without any hesitation.

They seemed completely unafraid that Fang Ziye would leak the information.

Fang Ziye's lips twitched, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He thought to himself, "Brother, this misunderstanding is getting bigger and bigger!"

Fang Ziye thanked him first, but after opening it and glancing at it, he returned it to Qian Qiaofeng, saying, "Senior Brother Qian, this is not appropriate. How about this, you remove all the notes, I just need the pictures that are relatively plain."

"Then you set a time limit and convert it to PDF format."

Fang Ziye would never accept this. It was clearly a test, and only an idiot would accept it.

"Junior Brother Fang, you've thought things through quite thoroughly." Qian Qiaofeng's eyes flashed, his gaze deep, as if he were implying something.

"By the way, Ziye, the little experiment you did for our junior brothers is about to start writing the manuscript, but Master's idea is that you can only be given a second authorship," Qian Qiaofeng said with a smile.

In research groups, while not everyone who sees an article gets a copy, at least those who have contributed and participated will have their names listed.

In a laboratory, it is very common for authors to be listed as third or fourth authors.

In fact, the workload within a group is often arranged according to need, at least in Deng Yong's research group and Associate Professor Hong Zili's research group.

Some research groups are truly exploitative, giving only third or fourth authorship to those who actually do the work, while giving all the corresponding authorship and first authorship to those who don't do anything, or even to the professors themselves.

This leads to resentment among those who are doing the work, which in turn gives rise to many rumors on the internet.

Moreover, such incidents are not uncommon!
Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye quickly waved his hand: "Senior brother, is there something you're testing me for that you can't ask me directly?"

How shameless must Fang Ziye be to accept this handout from others so readily?

Fang Ziye had a master-disciple relationship with his master, and to be honest, half of his previous skills were all thanks to his master's guidance and instruction, so he had no psychological barriers to it.

But not long after that, he hadn't helped other research groups make any substantial progress. At most, he could offer some guidance on minor operations. Everything else was handled by Qin Hang and Zhao Yanlin.

To claim a second authorship after just a few words, especially not from the same research group as Professor Deng Yong, is simply audacious.

"Ziye, these are all minor matters. This article is not important and will not cause any harm."

"We'll see when the time comes; anyway, a thick article won't be a burden," Qian Qiaofeng replied.

Sure enough, Fang Ziye's workload was all accumulated by himself, not pieced together randomly.

At first, Qian Qiaofeng thought that Fang Ziye's image collecting habit was because he wanted to mix his research findings and edit all these images into his articles.

This is how a lot of academic fraud is done.

But Fang Ziye's reply made him give up on that idea.

How could that be? Fang Ziye has so many results of his own; he could easily produce some and publish a few papers. There's no way he would need to piece together figures from other research groups and mix them into his papers.

Moreover, it seems that the theft of images from his own group has nothing to do with Fang Ziye.

First, Fang Ziye has only been with the group for a short time. Second, there is a margin of error between the publication time of that picture and the time Fang Ziye joined the group. Therefore, there is no need for Fang Ziye to continue to verify and eliminate the possibility.

"Senior Brother Qian, I'm going to my group now." Fang Ziye hadn't forgotten that he needed to train his two junior brothers, clarify their tasks, and then work on experiments with Luo Tingzhu.

……

Time flies, and ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Fang Ziye was clearly the vanguard of his two junior brothers, and he assigned each of them very clearly tasks.

Lan Tianluo is responsible for data visualization. Through data visualization, he grasps the basic experimental process and the writing of articles.

Jie Han was responsible for drafting the article and classifying the images from different experimental groups to facilitate a more accurate understanding and interpretation of the experimental results images.

Fang Ziye was responsible for part of the initial draft and also conducted animal experiments.

Fang Ziye's mentor was responsible for the discussion section of the article. He read extensively the literature and, based on the existing experimental results, continuously assembled the data, extracting useful information from the vast sea of ​​literature for everyone in the group to read.

Meanwhile, Yuan Weihong was also responsible for writing the initial draft of the tender documents.

Fang Ziye's experimental progress was so fast that he had already completed the part that he originally planned to submit for a general grant, and he needed it very soon, so there was no time to apply for a general grant.

It would be best to publish the article as soon as possible, ideally by the end of April, with the entire team working together to complete it and then send it out.

Naturally, Yuan Weihong had other tasks as well.

In his undergraduate functional science experimental teaching, he also assigned himself a small school-level research project, namely a comparison of PBL and TBL learning methods. It was a small project related to pure teaching.

Fang Ziye didn't pay much attention...

Outpatient visits and surgeries—neither can be missed.

However, one thing has changed: Fang Ziye no longer has time to work in the clinic, and Yuan Weihong still doesn't want Jie Han anymore. Instead, he has Lan Tianluo work in the clinic with him now, and only occasionally uses Jie Han to add some flavor.

I guess it's because the smell of Jie Han is too strong; nobody can stand it.

Fang Ziye gradually integrated into Associate Professor Hong Zili's team. He never talked nonsense, only did his work, and occasionally collected some pictures. After collecting them, he would process them directly in front of them.

Only the unpublishable parts are retained as proof of innocence.

This confirms that I have a little quirk of collecting pictures of these results.

It doesn't matter. No matter how much they misunderstand, Fang Ziye won't miss the opportunity to learn something useful.

Over the past ten days, Fang Ziye's life and knowledge points have been very fulfilling.

Fang Ziye not only got to know most of the people in the Hong Zili group, including Qian Qiaofeng's mysterious senior brother Duan and a group of junior brothers.

Meanwhile, Associate Professor Hong Zili's group has been openly sharing all their recent experimental results with Fang Ziye, and the knowledge they've provided him with daily, after he's participated in some aspects of the research, has been immense.

Fang Ziye earns approximately 18-25 knowledge points daily from his own experiments, averaging 20 points. Even after Fang Ziye reduces the amount of knowledge points earned from the experimental results of Associate Professor Hong Zili's team and the other members of Professor Deng Yong's team, he still earns around 20 knowledge points daily.

Such speed is simply terrifying. In just ten days, Fang Ziye accumulated over 400 knowledge points, to be precise, 407.2 points, which is equivalent to 80% of the progress from level 3 to level 4 skills.

On this day, Fang Ziye finally had some free time and returned to the basic laboratory from the animal laboratory. Luo Tingzhu was conducting experiments related to her school-level research project on her own.

Moreover, Luo Tingzhu is quite talented. She is almost finished with this school-level research project. According to her estimate, she will only leave Fang Ziye with a little bit of work after she goes abroad. She can even complete the work perfectly and only needs to go abroad to write articles.

During this time, Fang Ziye carefully recalculated the ratio between his knowledge points and RMB.

You don't know until you compare, and once you do, it's absolutely astonishing.

基础实验与学识点的比例大概在150:1左右，但是动物试验的比例在800-1000:1！

In other words, if the same amount of money spent on animal experiments were diverted to basic experiments, Fang Ziye could obtain more than six times the knowledge points.

"Damn, this is something only rich people can afford to maintain." Fang Ziye did the math and felt it wasn't worth it at all.

Experiments can be conducted, but don't worry about whether it's worthwhile or not, as Fang Ziye understands it. The best thing is to produce results and outcomes.

However, animal experiments are really expensive. Moreover, if it weren't for the support of the Youth Fund and hospital funding, no one in the entire hospital could afford the monthly cost of a dozen or so mice.

After Fang Ziye finished his calculations, he muttered to himself, "No wonder Senior Brother Sun Shaoqing sometimes complains..."

“Groups with money can publish papers. They can use money to publish high-quality papers. I’ve heard that they can even use millions of dollars to publish papers with a high impact factor of 30 or 40. Such research directions are unthinkable without money.”

"Such experimental results are unthinkable even with enough money; they can be published as soon as they are produced."

If such experiments, compared to basic medical experiments, are considered aristocratic.

Therefore, animal experiments, compared to basic cell experiments, are considered a bit more sophisticated.

"Senior brother, what's making you look so worried?" Luo Tingzhu approached, seeing Fang Ziye looking at a loss, and asked softly.

Luo Tingzhu's voice was soft and gentle, lacking the poise and spirit she displayed in the department, but her movements remained graceful and unreserved.

Fang Ziye turned around slightly: "Oh, it's nothing. I just came to check on the progress of Jie Han and Lan Tianluo's experiments."

Luo Tingzhu did not respond to that sentence.

Instead, he casually changed the subject: "Senior, recently a visiting doctor came to our department, one of whom is from Enshi Central Hospital. He asked me about you."

Fang Ziye was still pondering how long Luo Tingzhu should continue to ignore her relationship with Lan Tianluo when he heard a topic related to himself.

Enshi Central Hospital is the place where he will be working in the countryside for six months starting in April.

But since it was decided privately, it shouldn't be known to everyone at Enshi Central Hospital so soon, unless the director there is an idiot.

"What do you mean? They still recognize me." Fang Ziye put aside his guessing thoughts, moved a stool closer to Luo Tingzhu's location, and asked.

"I don't know him personally; I found out from other people. He should be one of my junior brothers."

"That Dr. Li who is doing further training said that currently, the research of the three of us in the group—you, me, and Senior Brother Dong—is quite good. If the opportunity is right, we can let him take the lead in publishing an article."

"The price is negotiable," Luo Tingzhu added expressionlessly.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye's expression darkened slightly: "Tingzhu, you didn't agree to this, did you?"

Academic fraud, whether it involves selling or buying articles, is a stain on one's academic record once it is verified.

"Senior, I naturally didn't agree, but this Dr. Li was quite insistent, saying that as long as it's a second or third author SCI paper, it will be of great help to his promotion."

“If they get promoted to associate professor, they can even use CSCD (China Computer Federation's Certified Research Fellowship). In prefecture-level city hospitals, the academic requirements aren't that high just for promotions,” Luo Tingzhu explained patiently.

“But I think Dr. Li will probably talk to you alone, senior brother.” Luo Tingzhu was a little worried.

Through spending this time together, Luo Tingzhu has come to see Fang Ziye's only weakness—

poor.

It's not that his family was poor, but Fang Ziye was penniless from head to toe.

A few days ago, Yuan Weihong helped her out, which barely allowed her to make ends meet. Therefore, Luo Tingzhu was afraid that Fang Ziye would agree to such a request.

"Let him look for money. I know what kind of money he should earn and what kind he shouldn't."

"Luckily, I've been working hard lately, otherwise, this guy's current situation would be a reflection of my future life." Fang Ziye chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Without any extraordinary encounter, Fang Ziye would probably have ended up graduating from CSCD and working in a prefecture-level city hospital. Although he wouldn't need to rely on others for technical or low-quality articles, without quality articles, his best-case scenario for future achievements would be just an ordinary chief physician.

It depends on how intense the competition will be in the future.

"What kind of person is this Dr. Li? I haven't had much contact with him lately." It wasn't that Fang Ziye didn't know Dr. Li, but Fang Ziye basically just checked in and left in the clinic to focus on his experiments.

"He's a pretty easygoing person and often treats his fellow apprentices to meals."

"But his intentions are very clear. Some of my junior colleagues even said that this Dr. Li is trying to get a part-time doctorate, but our hospital no longer recruits part-time doctorates. That's probably why he didn't approach any professors." Luo Tingzhu told Fang Ziye the information she had gathered.

A utilitarian mindset is not actually terrible; everyone strives towards achieving something utilitarian.

"How are Dr. Li's clinical skills?" Fang Ziye asked again.

Although Dr. Li cannot represent Enshi Central Hospital in general, Dr. Li, who is qualified to serve as an associate chief physician, can, to a certain extent, represent the hospital's clinical professional development capabilities and average level.

Luo Tingzhu thought about it carefully: "They are stronger than us, but slightly weaker than Teacher Qin Geluo, but not by much."

Fang Ziye was startled upon hearing this.

This Dr. Li is not very old; he is about the same age as Yuan Weihong.

He was able to be promoted to associate professor so early because he started working early and became an attending physician early. He earned his current associate professor title by working diligently for six years after graduating with a master's degree.

In the era when he graduated with his master's degree, a letter was enough.

Even so, it still shows that Dr. Li's clinical talent is not weak.

Qin Geluo represents the best of his cohort of outstanding students, a "talent" who could stay at the hospital. When Dr. Qin Geluo graduates, he will be on par with those who have completed their doctoral training.

It is quite remarkable that Dr. Li was able to close the gap despite being three years older than Qin Geluo.

"Enshi Central Hospital is quite impressive. It's the best in our area. Apart from Yishi, no other place has the same level of medical resources as Enshi Central Hospital."

"I should be able to learn a lot after I go there," Fang Ziye said with a satisfied smile.

Luo Tingzhu nodded and said something Fang Ziye had never heard before: "That's natural. Teacher Deng Yong said that your greatest potential is when you can do something on your own without worry."

"For example, when you rush to the training room, the speed at which you rush is incredibly fast. When you take time off to do experiments, the speed and quality of your experiments can only be described as high."

"Professor Deng Yong even said that once you officially enter clinical practice, you may unleash unimaginable potential."

“After all, three years of studying surgery provides half a lifetime of foundational knowledge and a lifetime of theoretical understanding.” As Luo Tingzhu said this, her eyes flickered slightly, as if she were sizing up Fang Ziye and then secretly comparing him to herself.

Then she smiled and realized that she might not be able to compete with him.

It's okay if you can't compare to her. Just keep moving forward. Many people who can't compare to her still work hard and can still become great doctors.

I did everything in my power and spared no effort to learn medicine.

"I'll go in and take a look first," Fang Ziye said, feeling that continuing the conversation might seem pretentious, so he ended the conversation there.

Luo Tingzhu, on the other hand, was immersed in her newly started bioinformatics analysis paper, continuing to hone her skills in writing such instrumental articles...

Two hours later, when Fang Ziye came out of the laboratory with Jie Han and Lan Tianluo, Lan Tianluo very properly and tactfully left early, without rudely moving towards Luo Tingzhu.

Seeing that Lan Tianluo seemed a little down, Jie Han quickly gave Fang Ziye a wink and then followed him, forming the eternal duo, and went downstairs to meet for dinner.

Fang Ziye glanced at his adorable knowledge points rushing towards 430, then quietly walked to Luo Tingzhu's side.

He asked softly, "Want to come to my house for blood pudding and crispy pork?"

The lack of a formal title added a touch of ambiguity.

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu, whose upper body had been slightly slouching, quickly sat up straight and her ears perked up.

Without hesitation, she put the computer case away and quickly started packing.

Judging from the expression on her profile, she looks a little hungry...

(End of this chapter)